Question: Advanced Physics - Electrostatic Ex 2 Protons are accelerated by a voltage of 9 kV then directed towards an immobile target containing unknown atom nuclei.

Advanced Physics - Electrostatic
Ex 2
Protons are accelerated by a voltage of 9 kV then directed towards an immobile target containing unknown atom nuclei. We observe that if a proton arrives exactly in front of one of these nuclei, it approaches it to a minimum distance of \(3.2*10^{-12}\mathrm{~m}\).
a) what is the initial speed of protons?
b) Which atom are they nuclei?
c) what speed would these same nuclei have if they were accelerated with the same voltage?
d) what would then be the minimum distance if a nucleus were projected against another nucleus? Note/comment?
e) how far would alpha particles arrive from gold nuclei?
Advanced Physics - Electrostatic Ex 2 Protons are

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